Flagstaff and support therefor



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APPHCKHON HLED HAY 4, I920- Patentml Aug. 17, 1920.

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ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLEY SHORT, 0F COURTNEY, MISSOURI.

FLAGSTAFF AND SUPPORT THEREFOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEY SHORT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Courtney, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flagstafi's and Supports Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to flag staffs and supports therefor, and one object is to provide and apparatus of this character which can be readily installed on the roofs of )ublic and private buildings, and when so lnstalled will constitute a substantial and premanent support for flag stafl's.

A further object is to provide an apparatus which can be readily adjusted to roofs of different pitch, and in order that the invention may be readily understood, reference will now be had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the apparatus installed on the roof of a building.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the parts disclosed by Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line IIL-III of Fig. l, of the device removed from the roof.

Fig. 4 shows the apparatus applied to a fiat roof.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary vertical section on line V of Fig. 1.

A, designates a fragment of a buildin having a ridge B from which the roof slopes in opposite directions.

2 desi nates a pair of base plates constitutin t e lower portion of the apparatus. Said base plates 2 are rigidly secured to the lower leaves 4 of an adjustable member 6, having leaves 8 ri idlysecured to a horizontal plate 10. he leaves 4 and 8 are adjustably connected to a pintle 12, so that the lower leaves 4 may be adjusted either to the sloping roof C, as disclosed on Fig. 1, or to a fiat roof C as disclosed on Fig.4.

The plate 10 is connected to an upper plate 14 by a plurality of standards 16, four standards being shown in the present instance. The standards 16 are provided at their upper ends with screw threads 18 upon which nuts 20 are threaded to engage the upper and lower surfaces of the plate 14 and firmly secure the same to said standards 16.

The standards 16 are also provided with screw threads 22 which extend from the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920. 1920. man No. 378,846.

lower ends of said standards 16 to within a short distance of the threads 18. The threaded portions 22 are provided with nuts 24, which engage the upper and lower surfaces of the plate 10 and firmly secure the same to the standard 16.

The lower plate 10 is provided with a centrally-disposed socket 26 to receive the lower end of a flag stafl 28, which extends upwardly through a central opening in the plate 14 and is provided at its upper end with a fixedly-mounted flag 30, consisting, preferably, of sheet metal so that it will always be extended instead of drooping around the flag staff in the manner of a silk or cotton flag during a calm. If desired a weather vane or other device may be substituted for the flag 30. The flag stafi' 28 freely rotatable in the socket 26 and the upper plate 14, so that the flag 30 can turn with the wind. The flag stafl' 28 is pre vented from being blown upwardly out of the socket 26 by a collar 32, which is held against the underside of the u per plate 14 by a set screw 34. If desired similar collars and set screws may be substituted for the nuts 20 and 24 to secure the plates 10 and 14 upon the standards 16, in which event the threads 18 and 22 may be dispensed with.

In practice, the standards 16 are removed from the plates 10 and 14, so that the parts can be folded into compact form for storage or shipment. In erecting the apparatus the base plates 2 are first firmly secured to the roof by suitable means such as bolts F. The plate 14 may then be secured to the upper ends of the standards 16 through the intermediacy of the nuts 20, after which the standardsare passed through the openings in the lower plate 10 and ermitted to rest upon the base plates 2, as isclosed on Figs. 1 and 4. The standards are then firmly secured to the lower plate 10 by the nuts 24. By letting the lower ends of the standards 16 rest upon the base plates 2 as shown and described, the leaves 8 of the adjustable member 6 are secured from rocking on the pintle 12 and throwing the standards 16, the plates 10 and 14, and the flag stafi' 28 to an inclined position.

From the foregoing description, it is apparent that I have provided an apparatus well adapted for the purpose intended, and while I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, I reserve the right to make such changes in the construction, proportion and arrangement of parts,

as properly fall within the spirit and scope of the claims.

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In an apparatus of the character described. upper and lower plates adapted to support a flag stafi, means connecting said plates, a pair of base plates adapted to be secured to the roof of a building, and an adjustable member connecting said base plates to the first-mentioned lower plate.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, upper and lower plates to support a flag staff, standards connecting said plates, an adjustable member connected to the lower plate, and means for securing said adjustable member to the roof of a building.

3. In an apparatus of the character described, upper and lower plates, standards extending freely through said plates, means for securing the plates at any point upon said standards, a socket on the lower plate adapted to receive the lower end of a stall, and means for securing the lower plate to the roof of a building.

4. In an apparatus of the character described, a pair of base plates adapted to be secured to the roof of a building, a lower plate, adjustable means connecting the base plates and said lower plate to permit said base plates to fit level or inclined roofs, an upper plate adapted to coact with the lower plate in supporting a staff, and standards connecting the upper and lower plates and adapted to rest at their lower ends upon the base plates.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

FRED C. FISCHER, L. J. FISCHER. 

